Improvement in tobacco-pipes



B. LORILLARD.

I. TOBACCO-PIPE. No.172,463. Patented Jan.18,1876.

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BLASE LORILLARD, OF RHINEBEGK, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO-PIPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,463, dated January 18, 1876; application filed August 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLASE LORILLARD, of Rhinebeck, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification This invention consists in a smoking-pipe of novel construction, in which are combined an outer shell, an inner bowl, having upper and lower openings, a lower grate, and door, the whole being arranged to provide for the combustion of the tobacco from below, and so that the smoke or products of combustion are Withdrawn Without passing through the unburnt tobacco.

The object of this invention is to prevent the disagreeable and injurious efl'eots arising from the eminently poisonous and oily substance in tobacco called nicotine, an alkaloid which, in a pure state, quickly liqueties on being exposed to the atmosphere, and is always present in considerable quantities in the bowl of an ordinary pipe after the tobacco has been consumed. l'ts taste is very acrid, and is difficult to be eradicated from the mouth, and its very pungent and disagreeable odor is long retained by anything coming in contact with it, especially woolen or other clothing. In every form nicotine is injurious to health, and if taken internally to any considerable extent acts as a deadly poison.

In the ordinary pipe, with the tobacco lighted at the top, and with the stem inserted at the bottom,the smoke necessarily passes down through the un burnt tobacco, which becomes sufficiently heated to set free more or less of the nicotine gas or oil, which is then drawn with the tobacco smoke through the pipe-stem into the mouth.

With the herein-described improved or baseburning tobacco-pipe the smoke is drawn through and from the fire of the burning tobacco, but not through the unburnt portion, and, therefore, the smoke from the tobacco, which is drawn through the stem of the pipe into the mouth, is free from the poisonous nicotine, and, consequently, the flavor and purity of the smoke remain the same at all times while the tobacco in smoked.

Figure 1 is a general view of the pipe embodying the invention. View of Fig. 1. Fig. 2 of Fig. 2 marked E.

the pipe is being Fig. 2 is a sectional is a plan of the part A A, Figs. 1 and 2, is the outer case or shell, which may be of metal or any suitable material. This case is closed at the top by the cap B, which may be screwed on, or made to slip in the top a short distance, as shown. The case is closed at the bottom by the piece 0, Which'may be permanently attached. D is a conical chamber for holding the tobacco to be burned. It is attached to, or made to form a part of, the cap B, and may be made of metal or other suitable material. The lower part of this chamber is closed by the metal disk E, which is perforated either with round holes or with slats, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be made of wire-cloth. This piece forms a grate, and supplies air to the tobacco. It may be hinged to the chamber D, as shown, Figs. 2 and 3, or it may be permanently fixed to the outer shell A. cl cl, &c., are small perforations near the base of the chamber D, through which the smoke is withdrawn. A part of the outer shell is cut away, as shown in Fig. 1, just below the grate, leaving an opening for inserting a match to light the pipe, and for supplying air. This opening is provided with a sliding door or piece, a, operated by the knob c, and may be entirely or partially closed after the pipe is lighted. b is a small tapering plug, fitting into an opening in the top of the outer shell, and also attached to the pipe by a small chain. When this plug is removed a slight circulation of air is allowed, which serves to keep the fire from going out when there is occasion to leave the pipe out of the mouth for a few minutes. F is a tube for receiving a stem or mouth-piece.

To fill the pipe the cap B, and with it the chamber D, is removed from the outer shell.

The chamber D is made conical, so the tobacco will have a tendency to fall as fast as it is burned.

I claim as my invention A smokingpipe, in which are combined an outer shell, A, lower door a, inner bowl, having lower perforations d, and an upper perforation and plug, 1), and the grate E, substantially as herein set forth.

GEO. ESSELSTYN, J OHN F. WILLIAMS. 

